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stereoscopy
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ster·e·os·co·py  (str-sk-p, stîr-)
n.
1. The viewing of objects as three-dimensional.
2. The technique of making or using stereoscopes and stereoscopic slides.

stere·osco·pist n.

stereoscopy [ˌstɛrɪˈɒskəpɪ ˌstɪər-]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the viewing or appearance of objects in or as if in three dimensions
2. (Physics / General Physics) the study and use of the stereoscope
stereoscopist  n
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Noun1.stereoscopy - three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina
binocular vision - vision involving the use of both eyes


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He presents 14 chapters on image acquisition, human vision, printing and storage, correcting image defects, image enhancement in the spatial domain, processing images in frequency space, segmentation and thresholding, processing binary images, global image measurements, feature-specific measurements, feature recognition and classification, tomographic imaging, three-dimensional image visualization, and imaging surfaces.
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